Penguin Random House Marketing Assistant interview questions

Very professional. Quite predictable questions about the kinds of books I read and my ideas about marketing, specific audience questions, etc. It was my first ever interview so I as really nervous, but they were really nice and I think if I had been a bit more experienced it would've been perfect.

I was called by a recruiter for a phone interview with no warning. It was the middle of the work day for me so I had to rush out of my office to take the call and was caught completely off guard. Then later there was an in-person interview with the recruiter and an interview with the hiring manager. Then another interview with a more senior person and then I was asked to come in again for another round of interviews - it would have been the fifth interview- but I took myself out of the running. The whole hiring process had a lot of steps and seemed very corporate and formal. HR - please don't call without warning! It was very difficult for me to manage all the spontanous calls from HR with my full time job.